Saturday, January 18, 2014

Narendra Modi and dehumanizing women

First of all, I condemn the wife Jokes in India, which are usually derogatory
towards women. That is the kind of humor
we don’t need to burden our next generation with. You can call me whatever you
want, but in the public spaces, where I am, I will stop you from saying those
jokes.

Here is a debate about Narendra Modi, the Prime ministerial candidate making a
statement, "50 Crore ki girl friend Dekhi hai” - have you seen a $5Million
dollar girl friend? Referring to Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunananda Pushkar, Shashi’s
response was apt, “She is priceless! “Instead of saying, what does this man
know about women? It’s like asking
someone to describe the smell of the roses, whose nostril is desensitized.

Somewhere in the discussion, someone suggests, “All it takes for Modi is to
apologize for the statement or clarify what he meant by it” and it will be over.
Some else jumped and said, “apologize, he never will”.

That took me back to
think if there is a pattern. When the lower court in Ahmadabad rejected the Petition
of Zakia Jafri, against Modi’s involvement in the Gujarat Massacre, someone had
suggested, “If Modi has any respect for human dignity, as a head of the state, he
would go and console that Octogenarian Zakia Jafri, that he will make sure,
justice will be served to her, even if it were against him?” Someonelese jumped and said, “ Modi may dum
nahin” – Modi does not have the guts to do such a bold thing.

I was looking at the 7 points I had advocated for Modi to consider – to be
humble, to do the praischit and move forward. I was told that he will not do
that.

What will he do then? How will he handle mistakes if he were the Prime
Minister?

Most of you may watch
the Indian soaps; the story is repeated daily, “The husband screams at wife,
what have I not given you – wealth, car, house, servant, designer clothes,
dining in the finest restaurants….what do you want”. Rarely do they show the response, a woman
wants nothing more than respect and dignity.

The development is a wholesome plank, not economic development at the cost of
respect and dignity to the millions of Gujaratis out there.

If you have not watched
the following video by NDTV, it is worth watching. There is another revelation;
the “right wing people” will never see another point of view. In the video, Mr. Modi
is represented by Mr. Rao, who simply cannot see the facts.

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Lord Krishna had said, whenever the negative forces become stronger in dividing families and disrupt peace and harmony, he will emerge among them to restore sanity, the same idea is reflected in Quran, that God does not deprive his goodness to anyone and sends a peacemaker to every community and nation. After the founding fathers of the nation, these are our real heroes restoring dharma – the righteousness. Dharma is when people get along, mind their own business, live their lives and let others live theirs. God has created all of us and respects each one of us is the highest form of worship.

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The real heroes of India are those who relentlessly “criticize” the government because they do not want their government to falter and make decisions that will mess up the social structure of the nation. They keep the government rascals on their toes. After all, they are elected to serve us not the other way around. The real heroes rise the nation for the common good of all.

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